Example sentences of "history by [verb] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Davies the rugby player captained Cambridge to a 17–11 victory over Oxford in his fourth Varsity match last December and is almost certainly creating history by becoming the first to earn a rugby-soccer double Blue in the same season . |
| 2 | SOUTH AFRICA 'S David Frost yesterday made history by becoming the first golfer to win the Million Dollar Challenge three times . |
| 3 | A female deacon has made history by becoming the first woman to be put in charge of a parish in the Gloucester Diocese . |
| 4 | A student has made education history by becoming the first in the country to pass a new exam . |
| 5 | Last month at York , Dayflower , trained by Satish Seemar , made history by becoming the first horse trained in Dubai to win a race in Britain . |